Work-holder



1. SKRZYCKI.

WORK HOLDER.- APPLICATION FILED MAR.19, 1920.

Patented Oct. 26,1920.

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UNITED STATES JOHN SKRZYCKI, 'OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WORK-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 19, 1920. Serial No. 367,277.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SKRZYCKI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in. the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Work-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The work holder which is ter of the present application for patent has been designed to facilitate the driving of screw bolts, and also to provide a guard for preventing marring of the surface of the article to which the screw bolt is applied, in the event of slippage of the screw driver.

The device is especially useful in assembling highly polishedparts, and it has been designed more particularly for assembling the parts constituting the grid of an electric cooking appliance, although it may with slight modifications be used for assembling other parts. V p

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming apart of this specification, and in said drawing,

Figure 1 is a prespective view of the assembled grid; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the work holder; Fig. '3 is a side view thereof, and Fig. 1 is an enlarged cross-section of the device with the work in place,and showing the manner in which the device functions.

The article in connection with which the invention is used consists in a ring 5 which I is nickeled and highly polishedon the outapplication for side and supports aigrid 6' the parts being fastened together by crew bolts 7 inserted from the outside of the ring. Thegrid has depending flanges 8 fittingin the ring and receiving the screw bolts, the latter being secured by nuts 9.

In order that the screw bolts 7 may be applied without danger of the screw driver marring the polished surface of the'ring 5,

there has been provided the work holder which is the subject matter of the present patent, andwhich will now 1 be described.

The reference character 10 denotes a work bench or other supporting surface to which is fastened by screws or other suitable means 10 the base 11 of the work holder, the same the subject mat-- clearly shown in Fig. 4:, the ring 5 being hung on said shelf so that one of the flanges 8 1s positioned thereabove.

Above the shelf 12 is located a clamping head 13 hinged at 14: to the base 11 so that it .may be swung down on the ring 5 to clamp the same to the shelf, and swung upwardly Patented Oct. 26, 1920.

to release the ring after the screw 7 has been applied. That end of the ring 5 to which the grid 6 is applied is engaged by a spring clip 15 to assist in holding the ring steady.

The head 13 has a top recess 16 at the bottom of which s an aperture 17 positioned to leave the head of the screw bolt 7 exposed I so that the screw driver may be applied thereto as shown in Fig. 4, the aperture bemg slightly larger than the bolt head. It will therefore be seen that the screw driver applied from above cannot get in contact slot 19 to seat an outstanding base flange 20 of the ring 5.

I claim: y 1. work holder comprising a support for the work, aclamping headpivoted to the support to swing over on top of the work,

saidhead having an aperture exposing a portion of the work foraccess thereto, and

a spring clip carried by the head and, adapt ed'to engage with the end of the work.-

2. A work holder comprising a support for thework, a clamping head pivoted to the support to swing over on top of the work, said head having an aperture exposing a portion of the work for access thereto,

' and the support having a nut holding recess in line with the aforesaid a erture. I I

In testimony whereof I a X my signature.

, JOHN ,sKRzYoKr. 

